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Was informed by Main North Nissan today that they have three owners with the clicking problem at the moment and are narrowing down the cause on a test mule. So they told me to hold off bringing in mine till they sort it out. I told them about the info available on the US forums regarding missing top anti rattle springs and loose tie rod ends and it appeared to be news to them! We'll see if they can come up with a permanent fix soon.

Theres a few different things the clicking noise can be. There is the pins through the calipers have a small piece on them which can rattle over bumps, and also puting a slight bit of grease on the wheel to hub matting face seems to fix a few of them when its not the pins. Alot of them its from the drivetrain, and is normal operating noise.

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Went to book my car in to Main North Nissan to fix my rattle/creaking front wheels only to be informed by the Asst Service manager that they have NO fix for the problem and theres nothing I can do except drive around with an embarrassing noise coming from my wheels on even mild turning now. I asked him if Nissan is happy with the situation that their premier model sounds like a 20 year old clunker and even causes heads to turn for all the wrong reasons when maneuvering around a shopping centre car park. He didn't seemed to perturbed by that idea. So what should I do now? Kick up a big stink with Nissan HQ and argue that if a camry made that noise they would definitely fix it and that I find it amazing that Nissan cant find a fix for something that clearly does not afflict every GT-R out there? Do you think its concern that if it is brake related that they are up for the whole shebang 4x rotors and pads if thats what it takes to fix it? Id at least have a go at the anti rattle clip solution, i mean what have they got to lose?

Thoughts please?

just had moorooka nissan fix this for me last week during the POS.

perhaps your guys can call moorooka?

they cleaned down the interface between the rotor and hub and applied grease.

not there anymore.

I am not sure how long this fix lasts as some people have this recur.

Last time i had this clicking noise, i tightended the tie rod ends and it went away. However, i need to report back and say it came back a few days later. I had a track day a couple of weeks later (swapped track wheels and road tyres a couple of times) and the noise has been absent since. I've never done any deliberate cleaning of hubs etc. I'm really starting to wonder if anyone knows what this problem actually is. Could it be something simpler, like the hub making this noise if the wheel nuts aren't torqued properly? Maybe just try torqueing the wheel nuts to try? I know it sounds silly but i would give it a try if you can be stuffed.

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